Job Abstract

Job Summary

HP is bringing together a highly skilled team with diverse experiences and industry leading expertise to lead with speed, agility, and creativity.  The team leverages the best of HP and innovates where needed. At our core is doing what is right to delight our customers and succeed in an ever-changing world.

We are seeking a high performing, experienced, and energetic Manager for our Software Program Management Office.  The successful candidate will be responsible for leading subordinate managers and individual contributors, coordinating multiple projects, managing risk, and providing status communications for cross-functional programs.  You will work closely with business and technical stakeholders across multiple organizations within HP and our partners.  You will need to operate in complex disciplines, navigate ambiguous situations, and exercise independent judgment in developing project goals and direction.  

Responsibilities
• Provides direct and ongoing leadership for an organization of multiple subordinate managers and/or individual contributors coordinating, managing, and leading programs to drive the engineering development and implementation of products and service offerings.
• Leads a complex technical space and establishes a solid program around it with defined goals, program charters and long-term strategies.
• Applies expert subject matter knowledge across businesses, functions, or regions and drives change initiatives.
• Drives and supports all phases of product development for multiple products across the organization.
• Manages headcount, deliverables, schedules, and costs for multiple ongoing projects and programs, ensuring that resources are appropriately allocated and that goals, objectives, timelines, and budgets are met in accordance with program and organizational roadmaps.
• Engages with program managers, marketing, supply chain, technical leaders and executives to communicate program status, escalate issues, and guide and influence strategic decision-making.
• Manages relationships with outsourced partners and suppliers, including setting expectations regarding deliverables, product quality, schedules, and costs; ensures that team members are effectively communicating and collaborating with outsourced resources.
• Proactively identifies opportunities for process improvement and cost reductions opportunities.

• Provides overall people-care management for direct reports, including hiring, setting and monitoring of annual performance plans, coaching, and career development; drives and fosters organization-wide performance standards, expectations, and practices to support ongoing team member and process development.

Education & Experience Recommended
• Four-year or Graduate Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration, or any other related discipline or commensurate work experience or demonstrated competence.
• Typically has 10+ years of job-related experience or 8-10 years of management experience, preferably in engineering development and implementation, project planning tools and software packages, people management, or a related field.

Preferred Certifications
NA

Knowledge & Skills
• Software Development

• Project Management
• Project Planning
• Project Schedules
• Agile Methodology
• Change Management
• Computer Science
• Continuous Improvement Process
• JIRA
• Kanban Principles
• Milestones (Project Management)
• New Product Development
• Process Improvement
• Product Management
• Risk Management
• Scrum (Software Development)
• Sprint Planning

Cross-Org Skills
• Customer Centricity
• Prioritization
• Resilience
• Team Management
• Strategic Thinking

Impact & Scope
• Impacts large functions and leads projects requiring knowledge of multiple disciplines or areas of HP.

Complexity
• Uses managerial concepts and company objectives to resolve highly complex issues in creative and effective ways. May achieve goals through subordinate supervisors.

Disclaimer
• This job description describes the general nature and level of work performed in this role. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, skills, responsibilities, knowledge, etc. These may be subject to change and additional functions may be assigned as needed by management.

 

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